Convert Subtask to Task, not project.

[Shandra_Plourde]

I made a subtask under a task thinking it was part of that task. Turns out, my subtask is more work and bigger than the task it is under, but not big enough to be a project. It has a lot of notes in it I can’t afford to lose.

[Andrea_Mayer]

Welcome to the Asana Community Forum @Shandra_Plourde!

You can change a subtask to a task following these steps:

Convert Subtask to Task (NEW QUESTION)

Not a video, but did you try this which seemed to work for others: Larry

Convert Subtask to Task (NEW QUESTION)

Thanks a million for documenting this. Helped me finally succeed after a good 20 mins of trying to work this out. In doing so, I also found a workaround for your purgatory issue… Click and drag the subtask from the parent task into whatever section you want it to become a task in. (When you’ve done this, it appears both in the section and as a subtask under the original parent task.) Click and drag the subtask from the parent task a second time. This time, drop it over in the left-hand panel y…

I hope that helps

[Simon_McLoughlin1]

We really need an option to do this while inside the board view, the options require switching to list view and then finding the task again. Theres already a “Convert to” menu under the 3 dot button when inside the board view. But it only gives you the option to convert it to another subtask, or to a project. Simply adding a third option to convert to task in the current project is what is needed.

Can you please push this up to someone to try get this added soon? This has been a frequent complaint now for years, and its making using the board view very frustrating and cumbersome

[Jamie_Coleman]

I think we also need an option to multi-select subtasks and convert them to tasks. Right now, the only option is to convert to subtask or project.

To level up even more, it would be great if we could select the task and the related subtasks, and convert the task to a section and the subtasks to tasks under that section. I’ve found in several projects I’m working in that we have over a dozen subtasks, and at that point they should be treated as sections/tasks.

[MaryHurston_Zuelke]

@Convert Subtask to Task (NEW QUESTION)

Thanks a million for documenting this. Helped me finally succeed after a good 20 mins of trying to work this out. In doing so, I also found a workaround for your purgatory issue… Click and drag the subtask from the parent task into whatever section you want it to become a task in. (When you’ve done this, it appears both in the section and as a subtask under the original parent task.) Click and drag the subtask from the parent task a second time. This time, drop it over in the left-hand panel y…

Hi there! When I drag a subtask out from a task, it doesn’t do this, “it appears both in the section and as a subtask under the original parent task,” which is what I want it to do. How do I keep the subtask/parent task relationship when dragging out a subtask?

[Chas_Jones1]

This doesn’t work for me at all. When I click on a “subtask” and hover, the 6 dots do not appear. However, when I click on a project task and hover, I can see the 6 dots. Thus I can move “Project tasks”, but I cannot move “subtasks”. Is this a bug? It certainly seems problematic.

[lpb]

Welcome, @Chas_Jones1,

That’s operating as intended.

To move subtasks, you must do that from the task detail pane.

Thanks,

Larry

[DC_AFP]

This doesn’t work for me. On the subtask detail pane there is no option to convert to task.

Interestingly, I can convert to Subtask (but this is already a subtask).

Can’t contact support - experiencing an infinite redirect loop when trying to log in to the help center.

[lpb]

Welcome, @DC_AFP,

Did you try these instructions:

Convert Subtask to Task, not project.

Welcome to the Asana Community Forum @Shandra_Plourde! You can change a subtask to a task following these steps: I hope that helps

Re Support, see this temporary info for contacting them:

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Hi everyone, it looks like the length of the thread is causing some confusion, so I’ll close this topic and highlight the workaround currently in place to make things clearer. Some users are currently running into an authentication error when trying to log into our new Help Center. We are actively working on this and we’ll let you know once a fix is in place. In the meantime, please kindly use these workaround solutions to get in touch with Support: Option 1: Access our Help Center in an inc…

Thanks,

Larry

[Phillip_Handy]

Yep, this is pretty much how Trello converts subtasks to tasks, and it’s been that way for years. Please, Asana, make this happen!